Abstract: Photographs, slides, clippings and analyses of press coverage, fliers, resolutions, certificates, and award plaques from the
Christopher Street West Association (CSW). Formed in 1970 CSW was the first pride organization in the United States to obtain
a city permit for its parade. In 1973 the parade was suspended, in the following year the parade resumed and a festival was
added to the celebration. The parade was held on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles until 1978, after which it was moved to
Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood.

creator:
Christopher Street West Association.

Seperated Materials

Removed to ONE Audio Collection

ARR0382 untitled

ARR0383
A new gay dawning

Removed to ONE Directory Collection

Business Alliance of Los Angeles 1999

Frontiers Yellow Pages 2007

Gay and Lesbian Community Yellow Pages 2005-2006

LA Weekly West Hollywood Directory 2000

Removed to ONE Newspaper Front Pages Collection

Press Telegram [Long Beach, California] 2007

San Francisco Chronicle 2007

Removed to ONE Periodical Collection

Adelante 2007

Advocate 2007

Blade 2001-2008

Blur 2001

The Bottom Line 2006

Buck Rodgers' Happenings May 1986

Buzz 1999-2006

Circuit Noize 2001

Creating Change [National Gay and Lesbian Task Force] 2006

Cybersocket 2001-2008

Desert Daily Guide 2005

Divas 2000-2007

Express 2001

Fab! 2001-2006

Female FYI 2001

Flavor 2003

Frontiers 2000-2009

GLT Gay & Lesbian Times 2002-2008

Gorgeous 2007

Hero 1998

HRC Quarterly 2000

HX Magazine 2006

Jane and Jane Magazine 2008

In Los Angeles Magazine 2000-2009

Instinct 2006-2007

LN Lesbian News 1999-2009

The Leather Journal 2001-2006

Metro Source 2000-2008

Noize Magazine 2008

Odyssey 2008

Out 2006-2007

Out & About 1992-1993

Outlook 2000

Outworld 2003

Poz 2007

Pride 2001-2005

Proud Parenting 2001

Pulp Magazine 2006

Revista Adelante 2001-2003

Samtaka 2000-2001

Scene 2006

Talk 2006

Ten Percent 2003

Tentaciones 2000-2001

Voice 1993

Removed to ONE Poster Collection

See ONE poster database for a complete list of CSW posters

Removed to ONE Pride Program Collection

Auckland, New Zealand 2001

Brooklyn, New York 2000-2006

Chicago, Illinois 2000-2006

Des Moines, Iowa 2006

Denver, Colorado 2000

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1986-2000

Las Vegas, Neveda 1997-2006

Long Beach, California 1990-2008

Manchester, England 2000

Minneapolis, Minnesota 1985

Montreal, Canada 2001

New York, New York 1999-2006

North Hampton, Massachusetts 2006

Orange County, California 1991

Palm Spring, California 2000-2006

Phoenix, Arizona 2000-2006

Reykjavík, Iceland 2001

Saint Louis, Missouri 2000-2001

San Diego, California 2000-2006

San Fernando Valley, California 2006

San Francisco, California 1999-2003

South Bay [Redondo Beach, California] 1993

Vienna, Austria 1999

Removed to ONE Program Collection

AIDS Service Center [Pasadena, California] 1998-1999

Business Alliance of Los Angeles 1999-2003

Equality California Awards [Los Angeles] 2007

Gay Asian Support Network 1999

Gay Destinations Montreal 2006

Jersuleum Open House 2006

Los Angeles Gay Rodeo 2006-2008

Mr. Los Angeles Leather 2003-2006

Santa Monica AIDS Project 1999

Sydney, Australia Mardi Gras 1999

The Village at Ed Gould Place [L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center] 1998

West Hollywood Mardi Gras 1999-2000

Removed to ONE realia collection

CSW Plastic Mugs 1983-1992

Removed to ONE T-Shirt & garment collection

See ONE garment database for a complete list of CSW garments such as hats, t-shirts, etc

The records of the Christopher Street West Association were received prior to 2010.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers wishing to publish material must obtain permission in writing from ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives as the
physical owner of the material. Note that permission to publish does not constitute copyright clearance. ONE National Gay
& Lesbian Archives can grant copyright clearance only for those materials for which we hold copyright. It is the responsibility
of the researcher to obtain copyright clearance for all other materials from the copyright holder(s).

Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

The albums of photographs document the parade as well as other CSW events. Inorder to keep the albums whole the albums were
either placed in the Festival and parade series or the CSW events photographs series depending on the primary focus of the
albums.

The images and documents of CDs and DVDs have been transferred to the server.

Scope and Content

Photographs, slides, clippings, analyses of media coverage, fliers, VHS (TM) videocassettes, resolutions, certificates, and
award plaques from the Christopher Street West Association (CSW). The collection documents the pride parade and festivals
held in Los Angeles and later West Hollywood, California. The records document the transformation of a simple evening parade
with a few cars and marchers attended by a few thousand to a three day festival and parade with music and floats attended
by over a half million people.

The bulk of the collection consists of photographs from the 1980s and 1990s documenting the festivities as well as other CSW
and pride events. The other events include award programs, kick-off and volunteer thank you parties, pride association conferences,
pride runs/races, retreats, and a memorial service. The collection also includes records of various other events or programs
sponsored or collected by CSW, including sporting events.

Administrative History

The Christopher Street West Association (CSW) was formed in 1970 to organize a parade to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall riots.
The concept of a celebratory parade and naming of the association were the result of a collaborative effort by community leaders,
Reverend Bob Humphries, Morris Kight, and Reverend Troy Perry.

For the first parade the Los Angeles Police Commission required bonds totaling 1.5 million dollars and $1,500 for police overtime.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was contacted and Attorney Herbert Selwyn appealed the Commission's demand before
the Superior Court of California. The court ordered the issuing of the permit and charged the police department with the responsibility
to protect the parade participants as any other citizen. CSW became the first and only organization to obtain a parade permit
for its 1970 commemorative parade.

In 1973 the Los Angeles parade was suspended; however, in 1974 new leaders coalesced to organize the annual parade with the
addition of a pride festival, conceived by Pat Rocco. The parade and later the festival continued in Hollywood on Hollywood
Boulevard through 1978. In 1979 the festival and parade were moved to an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, west
of Hollywood on Santa Monica Boulevard. In 1984 the residents of this unincorporated section of Los Angeles County voted to
incorporate as the City of West Hollywood.

In 1993 CSW opened an 8-unit apartment building, Casa del Sol, for low income persons living with AIDS. The project was the
first to receive funding from the United States department of Housing and Urban Development specifically to provide housing
for persons living with HIV/AIDS.

CSW has also participated in regional and international pride organization events including the Consolidated Association of
Pride, Incorporated (CAPI) and the International Association of Pride Organizations (InterPride).